For my part in this thread, I usually don't get so passionate about this because I have long ago accepted that others (on both sides) are illogical about the argument. If you read this thread fully you will see that none of my posts was a personal attack, just my belief that it is illogical for people to make assumptions on certain things without the hard facts to back it up (and not opinions). These things specifically being that most serious readers prefer eink and LCD (specifically) damages your eyes. I will continue to set the record straight on both of those points, although I will try to word it better in the future.
I know we all have our preferences, and in fact we should go with what we feel is the most comfortable way of reading. Trying to shove one side down our throats isn't going to help though. While saying you dismiss LCD devices as readers is a
personal choice, it is not everyone else's choice. As MobileRead members, out of anyone else in the reading community, we should have more tolerance (for people that use others as well) for all kinds of reading technology and not just one. Everything out there helps to promote ebook reading, even if it isn't your device, and there is plenty of room for all of us. I can understand the non-reading population at Engadget making bold and silly statements, but really, people here should know this argument well enough to know there is no right side, only opinion. As a user of this site for many years, before eink even became prevelant, it is disappointing to come here and see people bigoting their devices like this on
MobileRead.
I am NOT talking about anyone in particular, so please, do not think I'm getting personal.
Now, I'm going to get back to what I'm good at - reviewing Mobile Devices.
